As the light fades, do thoughts of photography wane also? If that's the way you think then read on as we will be showing you that low light photography is awash with opportunities!
The Curves adjustment layer provides a sophisticated method for modifying the contrast of an image, but that's not all that you can do with Curves. This tutorial tells you how to duplicate the colour toning of a reference image so that you can use it to tone other black & white pictures.
The aperture is the part of the camera that controls how much light that will reach the sensor. It looks like the image on the left, those blades can make the hole larger or smaller depending on the settings.
It's true that taking photos is as simple as running out and grabbing a cheap five dollar camera. But taking good, quality photos has never been easier. So lets explore some quick ideas that can help you take photos that you will be happy to share with friends and family.
In the early days of film, black and white fuzzy film was the best that you could get. In many ways we are much better off nowadays, but if you still hark back for times gone by, there is a very easy way to convert virtually any photo into an image that looks like a frame from an old movie.
Framing (or cropping) is a facet of composition that, in the basic sense, encompasses good scale (the relative “size” of objects in the picture, or how much space they use), angle (how you hold your camera), etc.
The sight of early morning snow, the shimmering frost in the trees, your sister falling off in your snow filled front yard and your stunning snow angel, don't you ever wish you could just capture that moment right away and place them in your computer desktop?
In this tutorial I will go through some basic photo stuff, and bring on some tips and ideas of how to become a better photographer – I don’t say this is the way it must be done, I am only presenting a way to do things, and after some time you might like to divert from what I have wrote to experiment.
